The following is the Report from the Presbytery Visitation Team that visited Grace virtually in November 2021. Please find the downloadable report here: Presbytery Visitation Team Report The Presbytery of Calgary-Macleod also made recommendations. Please find the downloadable recommendations here: Presbytery...
Welcome to the South Sudanese Congregation Worship page with Rev. Sabino Diok! Location: Grace Presbyterian Church , Entrance through the North Door (See map below) Time: 12:30 pm Dates: Starting Sunday, December 12 Parking: There is free parking in the North Parking Lot. Registration Process: Please sign up by 8:00 a.m. on FridaysThe sign up list will be printed and shared with Welcomers volunteers who will check people inIf you do not sign up and come to the doors, please be advised that there are capacity restrictions and you will be admitted if there is space. Bring your your proof of...
All Grace members and adherents were invited to the Sunday, November 21 Fall Congregational Meeting, through the website, email, Bulletin and November newsletter notices, and Worship announcements. The meeting 'Zoom Doors' opened at 6:30 pm for a time of fellowship. The meeting began at 7:00 pm. The agenda and documents and information for the meeting can be found here. Agenda: Congregational Meeting Agenda - Congregational Meeting Agenda Spring Congregational Meeting Documents Minutes from Congregational Meeting of April 18, 2021 -Minutes of the Congregational Meeting April 18, 2021...
Trunk or Treat was a hit this year - thank you to donors, volunteers, and families! Overall, 50 families (200 people) signed up for 6 trick or treating time slots, and came through the parking lot, in batches. CTV Calgary covered the event. Find the story here: Inner-city church helps Calgary children celebrate Halloween with Trunk-or-Treat. Thank you to the Children and Youth Committee, donors, volunteers - and Rev. Maren for making the event a neighbourhood Halloween highlight again this...
The 59th Cake Bake took place the week of October 21. The goal was half-batch of 820 cakes. Though there are half the volunteers - the smell of the cake, the clatter of trucks and volunteers moving supplies into the church, and the chatter of physically distanced volunteers mixing, prepping, baking, cooling, wrapping (and all of the other tasks) under the watchful eye of the Cake Bake Boss, Lorna McNeil, is a welcome experience, as Cake Bake was cancelled last year. In the past, cake bake has included volunteers from the English Language Learners program, the community , and other Grace...
Following the summer of 2020, when Grace provided fresh produce, gift cards, and nutritious lunches to Connaught School families in the Grace parking lot every Thursday, members of the Engagement & Service Committee met with representatives form the Calgary Food Bank with a view to beginning a Satellite Food Bank at Grace Church. A formal Partnership Agreement with the Calgary Food Bank were developed and approved by Session in September, 2020. On October 1, 2020, Grace Presbyterian Church and the Calgary Food Bank entered a satellite location partnership. The partnership allows...
On Wednesday, October 27, CTV Calgary ran a story on the announcement that the Pope was coming to visit Canada and had agreed to speak with Indigenous Leaders and people about the legacy of residential schools. Rev. Jake Van Pernis was asked to comment in the story. You can read the news story and watch the TV clip here: Alberta residential school survivor calls on Pope Francis to apologize during visit to...
https://youtu.be/FD985bxEdAM On Sunday, September 26, Grace took first steps on a path towards truth, healing and reconci-action by holding a community event on the steps of the church. View the highlights reel of the event. Grace was grateful for the sharing of: Tony Snow, Indigenous Lead Hillhurst United Church and Indigenous Minister, Chinook Winds Region, United Church of CanadaGloria Snow, Stoney Nakoda Student Minister, studying in the Masters of Divinity Program at the Vancouver School of TheologyShirley Shingoose Dufour, Elder, Social Worker, Residential School Survivor, Member of...
Contributed by Cindy Stephenson, Coordinator of Volunteers Hebrews: 12:28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe "Blessed to be a blessing." It's a simple phrase but summarizes so well our sense of gratitude for the many incredible gifts from God and our response to God in that sense of gratitude. We thank God for those gifts and recognize that they are not ours to hold on to, but to be shared generously. It's not just obedience to God's call upon our lives - it's about joy and...
The mandate of the Pastoral Care Committee is to develop targeted programs and services that are responsive to the needs of the congregational and community.
